Bedford painter suspected of battery

The Bloomington Police Department arrested two Bedford painters Thursday afternoon after they allegedly got into a fist fight at their job.\nTravis Wells, 36, faces preliminary charges of battery and public intoxication. Jonathan Self, 22, faces a preliminary charge of public intoxication.\nBPD was dispatched at about 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon to Virgo Apartments, 519 N. Lincoln St., after Wells and Self began punching each other after lunch, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nOfficers learned that Wells and Self had gone out to lunch and began fighting over cigarettes, Canada said. Self told officers he was upset that he couldn’t buy cigarettes, so he left and went back to the work site.\nWhen Wells returned he could not immediately find Self but eventually found him on the third floor of the apartment complex talking to residents, Canada said. Wells and Self got into an argument and began fighting. Witnesses told officers that Wells was punching Self while holding him in \na headlock.\nSelf lost a tooth during the fight and underwent surgery for an injury to his lip, Canada said.\nBoth men were transported to the Monroe County Jail.